End-To-End Security In An Open And Mobile World

The payment terminals’ market evolution is driven by a combination of industry and market trends.

The natural growth of card based payments triggers the growth of the payment terminal industry. Also, the evolution in terms of card technology (switch from magnetic stripe to smart cards, or issuance of contactless cards) triggers a periodic renewal of the payment terminal installed base.

Beyond these two major trends a wider list of factors play a role in the payment terminals installed base growth. Customers now expect their payment terminals to:

• Have a high level of performance,
• Be always more secure,
• Be equipped with multimedia and communication capabilities,
• Have an attractive mechanical design,
• Be easy to install “plug and play”,
• Support new functionalities such as contactless payments,
• Have a user friendly interface and facilitate the “user experience” when interacting with the device,
• Be operated in wireless mode.